In re the Arbitration between Goldstein & Riverso

Order and judgment (one paper), Supreme Court, New York County (William Wetzel, J.), entered October 14, 1999, which confirmed an arbitration award in favor of petitioner and adjudged that petitioner recover from respondent the total sum of $40,554.51, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The arbitration award of legal fees was supported by the record and in accord with the applicable law, and was properly confirmed. In any event, an arbitrator’s award “will not be vacated even though * * * his interpretation of the agreement misconstrues or disregards its plain meaning or misapplies…